Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been corrupted and degenerate, the Taiping Army still has some troops that can fight, and the Wehrmacht is pressing forward step by step, and a large number of cities have been liberated by the Wehrmacht, encountering stubborn resistance from the Taiping Army on the front line of Hengzhou. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the Taiping army's artillery was still the old-fashioned squat cannon used before, it was placed on the city wall to defend the city, which still caused a lot of losses to the national defense army besieging the city.

"Division commander, the enemy on the city wall has a large number of old-fashioned squat cannons, and all the troops have not paid attention to it, and the losses during the siege are not small, do you want to ask for artillery support from above." The deputy commander of the 13th Division said, looking at the situation at the forward position, the division commander Zhang Yuntao nodded and picked up the phone on the table: "Hey, pick me up from the group army headquarters." ”

The phone was connected: "Report to the commander, our army's siege of the city has been blocked, the enemy is equipped with a large number of old artillery, the attacking troops have suffered casualties, and our department has requested artillery support." There were a few voices of deliberation on the phone, and Division Commander Zhang listened quietly: "Okay, in ten minutes, the artillery division directly under the group army will provide artillery support for your department." ”

Ten minutes later, the artillery of the artillery division made a roaring sound, and the bombs fell on the city wall of Hengzhou, and a single shot would take away several lives. "War is inherently cruel, either you die or I live.

In the forward command center, several commanders of the 13th Division were watching all this with binoculars, Zhang Yuntao turned around: "It is worthy of being the artillery directly under the group army, the artillery fire is fierce, much better than our artillery, although we also have an artillery regiment, but there is no really powerful heavy artillery." Listening to the complaining voice in the mouth of the division commander, the deputy division commander said: "Division commander, if this word reaches the commander, you will be criticized again, the commander-in-chief said, put up the shelf first, everything will happen in the future." ”

Zhang Yuntao sighed helplessly: "Order all regiments, start an attack immediately after the shelling, pull the reserves up for me, and tell the soldiers that the fathers and villagers behind us are watching us, and who will drop the chain at this time to engage in military law." ”

The artillery bombardment ended, the city wall of Hengzhou was blown down a gap, the charge horn sounded, the attack of the siege troops began, the soldiers of the Wehrmacht quickly attacked the city from the gap, the guards of Hengzhou should be the elite of the Taiping Army to block the Wehrmacht on the periphery, and the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, although the Wehrmacht has entered the city, but it has not been able to really occupy Hengzhou in the real sense, and the remaining army has been fighting in the city and the Wehrmacht.

Although the national defense army has superior weapons and equipment, but still paid a lot of price, in front of the Hengzhou Mansion, Hengzhou's guard general Cheng Zhi took the rest of the Taiping army to fight with the national defense army, surrounded by the national defense corps, Zhang Yuntao and several regiment commanders came over, looking at the Hengzhou general who was still fighting in the formation, Zhang Yuntao also had to admire the courage of this person, and immediately asked the soldiers to stop attacking.

Zhang Yuntao walked over: "General Cheng, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is no longer what it used to be, and it is no longer the rebel army that rose up for the people in the past, I believe you also feel it, now only our national defense force is still fighting for the strength of the country and the nation, the general or abandon the darkness as soon as possible, I guarantee the safety of the general and everyone." Cheng Zhi looked at the remaining soldiers around him, there were less than a hundred people, these were the earliest soldiers who followed him, they had always been by his side, they were all people with families, Cheng Zhi also knew in his heart that the Taiping army was already declining.

He turned to the soldiers beside him and said: "Brothers, Cheng Mou is grateful to all the brothers for following over the years, just now this division commander Zhang said, ensure the safety of us and our families, put down our weapons, go back to accompany your family well, do your duty, don't join the army." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to Zhang Yuntao and said: "I hope you can keep your word and ensure the safety of my brothers and families, the king of heaven has the grace of knowing me, and anyone can descend, but I can't descend, brothers, Chen will go." ”

Zhang Yuntao looked very sorry: "Come on, prepare a good coffin and bury General Cheng." ”

The battle of Hengzhou was over, and the First Army also encountered problems in attacking Hangzhou, before attacking Hangzhou, Zhang Yuanzheng ordered: "Hangzhou is a famous cultural city with a long history, try to force the enemy troops defending the city to surrender, and the damage to Hangzhou is not easy to be too great." ”

In the face of this order, Wang Yong was also very helpless, the enemy army has been guarding the city, to save Hangzhou, you can't use artillery, the siege of the city is bound to be difficult, Hangzhou City is surrounded by the national defense army on all sides.